Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DO-DE-CAN'DER
DO-DEC-A-HE'DRONDO-DE-CAN'DRI-AN
DO-DE-CAN'DER, n. [Gr. δωδεκα, twelve, and ανηρ, a male.]
In botany, a plant having twelve stamens; one of the class Dodecandria. But this class includes all plants that have any number of stamens from twelve to nineteen inclusive. – Linnæus.
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